Amelia's Family Ties (Amelia)

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Summary: Are They Ties? Or Knots?
Review: Did you think that a person could love their stepbrother more than their stepmother? If you don't, read Amelia's Family Ties by Marissa Moss. Amelia's Family Ties is about a girl that gets a letter from her dad and he is inviting Amelia to meet him and his family. Find out more by reading this wonderful book.
On a scale from 1 to 10 I would rate this book a 9. I like this book because it has a lot of detailed pictures that go with what she is telling about and I also like it because this could really happen.
I think that the author wrote this book because this might have been like her life or someone's she knew.

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Summary: Fabulous book about seeing the good and the bad...
Review: In this book, Amelia writes to her Dad and goes to visit with him. She's happy about her baby step-brother, but not so happy about her stepmother, Clara. This is a must-have for any fan of the Amelia series, but I'd suggest reading the first ones, Amelia's Notebook, Amelia Writes Again, and Amelia Takes Command.

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Summary: "Realistic" but sort of unfair and scary
Review: My daughter, who is 6, checked this book out from the library, and I read it. It's not bad, but it also has a tone and a style that is kind of disconcerting. Amelia is a highly critical little girl. The author obviously belongs to the "children are little adults" school of parenting, but none of the adults in the book seem to have any insight, spine or wisdom. Dad, in particular, is portrayed as being consistently clueless. He lives in an ugly apartment. His second wife is sort of a phony and a snoop. Etc. Not bad, but this book definitely has a point to make, and it makes it with a sledgehammer.

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Summary: Hurray for Amelia!
Review: This Amelia Book was EXCELLENT! It seems like the last in the series, but lets hope not! To understand the whole Amelia, read the first book... AMELIA'S NOTEBOOK which was published a looooog time ago, Oh, well! HURRAY FOR AMELIA!